Examine the impact of the First World War on the foreign policy of any two countries of the Americas.

The question requires that candidates consider the interrelationship between the First World War and the foreign policy of any two countries in the Americas. Impacts may extend beyond the timeframe but they must be clearly linked to the issue raised in the question. Candidates may refer to the idealism of US President Wilson as expressed in his 14 Points and the growth of disillusionment and isolationism following the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles and Canada’s significant military contributions that led to the Treaty of Westminster, formalizing control over their own foreign policy. Other relevant interrelationships may be considered, for example the decline of Mexico’s relations with the US due to the Zimmerman Note and Brazil’s gaining of a seat on the Council of the League of Nations due to their military and food contributions to the Allies, but with a focus on the issue in the question. Candidates’ opinions or conclusions will be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.

The impact on foreign policy of the First World War was not a common choice. Those who did address the issue focused on the US and Canada with the content on the US more thoroughly developed and focused on the largely isolationist impact of the war.